Poland obliges itself to follow European Union's employment strategy

EU Commissioner for employment Anna Diamantopoulou and Labor Minister Longin Komolowski on Monday signed an agreement based on which Poland will implement the European Union employment strategy, as stipulated in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997. It establishes that, among others, a free and equal labor market be introduced by reforming the domestic entrepreneurial, tax and education systems. After signing the document, Diamantopoulou emphasized that Poland's current unemployment problems are to some extent the result of its implementing structural reforms, which are essential, she added. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p.4) A.D.